| Type: | bishop |
| Honorific-Prefix: | His Grace, The Most Reverend |
| Kurt Richard Burnette | |
| Eparch of Passaic | |
| Church: | Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church |
| Metropolis: | Pittsburgh |
| Diocese: | Passaic |
| Appointed: | 29 October 2013 |
| Term Start: | 4 December 2013 |
| Predecessor: | William Charles Skurla |
| Other Post: | Apostolic Administrator, Eparchy of the Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix Apostolic Administrator, Eparchy of Parma Apostolic Administrator, Exarchate of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto |
| Ordination: | 26 April 1989 |
| Ordained By: | John Bilock |
| Consecration: | 4 December 2013 |
| Consecrated By: | William C. Skurla, John Michael Kudrick and Gerald Nicholas Dino |
| Birth Name: | Kurt Richard Burnette |
| Birth Date: | 7 November 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Fakenham, Norfolk, England, UK |
| Nationality: | American |
| Religion: | Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church |
| Profession: | Professor of Mathematics |
| Education: | J.D., Ph.D., J.C.L. |
| Alma Mater: | Rice University, University of Utah, Pontifical Oriental Institute |
| Kurt Richard Burnette | |
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Kurt Richard Burnette (born 7 November 1955) is an American Catholic prelate who serves as the Eparch of Passaic in the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church.[1] He succeeded Bishop William C. Skurla. Burnette was appointed on October 29, 2013, by Pope Francis, and enthroned in a Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Passaic, New Jersey on December 4.[2]
On 20 October 2020, Pope Francis named Burnette as apostolic administrator of the former Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto.[3] [4] On 3 March, 2022, Pope Francis changed the jurisdiction and circumscription of the eparchy to establish the Exarchate of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto. Burnette was appointed apostolic administrator of this new exarchate.[5]
In January 23, 2023, Burnette was appointed as apostolic administrator of both the Eparchy of Parma and the Eparchy of Phoenix.[6] These appointments, noted as being temporary, made Burnette the leader of over half of the Byzantine Catholic eparchies worldwide, until the appointment of Robert Mark Pipta as eparch of Parma.[7]